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                                          |                                     |                              December 6, 2012
                                          |        MAJOR SHIPPERS REPORT        |
                                          |        U.S. General Imports         |
                                          |     By Part-Category, 10/2012 Data  |
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                                         Category 369-S :  --SHOP TOWELS ONLY
                                           Data in Kg.,  8.50 M2 per Kg.. 

                Calendar Years               Year-to-Date              Year-Endings                                YE 10/2012
   Country      2010       2011      10/2011    10/2012  % Change   10/2011     8/2012     9/2012    10/2012   % Change % Share

     WORLD     9934432    9543173    7938812    9241531     16.41   9620449   10787729   10709236   10845892      12.74  100.00

     PAKISTN   6868870    7127343    5813244    7555919     29.98   7069613    8749701    8704624    8870018      25.47   81.78

     INDIA      512785     757152     647964     554240    -14.46    744782     737424     711542     663428     -10.92    6.12

     BNGLDSH   1495867     701654     634123     390277    -38.45    822604     440688     435593     457808     -44.35    4.22

     EGYPT      396231     455850     405225     295312    -27.12    473427     396562     379687     345937     -26.93    3.19

     INDNSIA    325534     181112     145891     211663     45.08    200912     229552     247325     246884      22.88    2.28

     CHINA P    324168     300238     272541     176957    -35.07    289226     157848     173514     204654     -29.24    1.89

     GEORGIA         0          0          0      51517       *           0      51517      51517      51517        *      0.47

     PHIL R          0      19051      19051          0   -100.00     19051      19051          0          0    -100.00    0.00


     _WTO      9934432    9543173    7938812    9241531     16.41   9620449   10787729   10709236   10845892      12.74  100.00

     _ASEAN     325560     200163     164942     211663     28.33    219963     248603     247325     246884      12.24    2.28